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 NAVY

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Under Construction — Continued

Guns

Dis-

i>».^

Speed

Guns

(Sec-

Year

place- ment

Type

Hull

I. H. P.

1 ro- pul-

in Knots

(Main Bat-

ond- ai'y

(tons)

sion

per Hour

tery)

Bat- tery)

Bailev (No. 21)

235

Torpedo boat

Steel

5,000

T. S.

30.

a 2

4

Hagley (No. 24)

1C7

Steel

T. S.

28.

aii

3

Barnev (No. 25)

107

Steel

T. S.

2S.

(f.i

3

Biddle (No. 2t!)

17

Steel

T. S.

2S.

aS

3

Blakely (No. 27)

1G5

Steel

8,000

T. S.

20.

a'i

3

l)e Long (No. 28)

105

Steel

3,000

T. S.

20.

aS

3

Nicholson (No. 2l»)

174

Steel

T. S.

20.

«3

8

O'Brien (No. 3t))

174

Steel

T.S.

20.

aS

8

Shubrick (No. 81)

105

Steel

3,000

T. S.

20.

u3

3

Stockton (No. 8-J)

105

Steel

3,000

T.S.

20.

o3

3

Thornton (No. 33)

105

Steel

3,000

T.S.

20.

«3

3

Tinge V (No. 34)

105

Steel

3,000

T. S.

20.

aS

3

Wilkes (No. 35)

105

Steel

3,000

T. S.

20.5

«3

3

a Torpedo tubes.

The effective navy, including all vessels in service and under c6nstruc- tion, consists of: —

First-class battleships Second-class battleship Armored cruisers Armored ram. Double-turreted monitors Steel single-turret monitors Iron single-turret monitors Protected crui.sers Protected cruisers sheathed with

wood ....

In addition to the above there Submarine torpedo boat "Wood torpedo boat . Captured in Spanish-American

war ....

Iron cruising vessels. Wooden cruising vessels. Sailing vessels.

12 1 2 1 (3 4 13 13

are 1

Unprotected cruisers. Gunboats. . . . Liglit-draft gunboats. Composite gunboats. Training ship (Naval Acade- my)

Special class Torpedo-boat destroyers Steel torpedo boats

Real effective navy.

3 9 3 6

1

2

16

35

129

Tugs

Wooden steam vessels unfit

for sea service. Wooden sailing vessels unfit

for sea service.

Aggregate number of vessels in regular navy

The auxiliary navy during the Spanish war consisted of : —

1

G

14

11

6 60

189

Mercliant vessels converted into

auxiliary cruisers. . .11 Converted yachts. . .28 Converted tugs. . . .27 Steamers converted into colliers 19

Special class Revenue cutters. Light-house tenders United States Fish Commis- sion

17

15

4

Total number of vessels in auxiliary navy. . . 123 Aggregate of all vessels in the United States navy. 312

The number of vessels in the auxiliary navy, as given above, is being rapidly reduced as their services can be dispensed with.

It will be noticed that in the classification by rates the type of war- vessels is given as " first-class battleship," "second-class battleship,"
 * ' armored cruiser," etc. The classification by rates is on tonnage, for